Nothing Is Mine , I Just Like The Pretty Pictures

The average family in 1973 was 2.8 children. Only one car, one phone in the hall of the home, on TV in the living room, NO INTERNET, No government funded health insurance, The kid didn't have 20 different things they did. No gaming consoles. They did sports outside till the street light came on. Everybody had hobbies. Kids did Girl scouts or Boy scouts. In rural areas 4H and/or FFA. As a teenager if you wanted something you went out and worked for it. The best money making scheme is a job. In 1973 you have worked summers to afford a car and/or collage education. The collage education cost about $1650 per year. No student loans were available cause no local bankers trusted you would pay it off and would never support some degrees.

A collage education got expensive with government influence. First the student loan program guaranteed bankers would get paid at whatever interest rate they wanted. Then the universities realized they could raise prices because the students are on student loans guaranteed by the Government. With government guarantees they didn't have any need to have degrees in any money making endeavors. In the seventy's there was a saying "those who do, do. Those who don't teach" that is why ever stupid idea comes out of Universities. Those ideas can't make money without support.

The average family now has 1.7 children, two cars, 3 or 4 phones, not counting tablets, PC's, TV's or other screens. In 1973 a family went out to eat maybe 6 to 12 times a year. Now a family eats out 6 to 12 times a week not counting Door dash. Every kid now does multiple things that would be categorized as entertainment. In 1973 you mowed the lawn instead of having a service. A teenager had a job at the local business to make money. But government has made it almost impossible to hire a teenager 14 to 18, It is hard to hire anybody 18 to 21 cause you have to train them to show up, to do the job, to pay a stupid minimum wage for less than minimum effort.